GOVERNMENT ACCOUNTABILITY PROJECT INC
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Mission Statement
Government Accountability Project’s mission is to promote corporate and government accountability by protecting whistleblowers, advancing occupational free speech, and empowering citizen activists. Founded in 1977, Government Accountability Project is the nation’s leading whistleblower protection and advocacy organization. Located in Washington, DC, Government Accountability Project is a nonpartisan, public interest group. In addition to focusing on whistleblower support in our stated program areas, we lead campaigns to enact whistleblower protection laws both domestically and internationally.
About This Cause
In 1978, recent law school graduate and current CEO, Louis Clark, joined Government Accountability Project as staff counsel. With newfound legal resources, the organization began to represent whistleblowers directly and devise programmatic strategies to turn whistleblower revelations into systemic reform. Shortly afterward, Tom Devine, who was about to begin his second year of law school, joined the effort, first developing a legal clinic with Antioch Law School and then recruiting other law students to join the cause. In January 1984, Government Accountability Project officially cut its ties with the Institute and became fully independent. As Government Accountability Project staff expanded, so too did the breadth of our work. In one of its first major legal campaigns, the organization took on several cases of nuclear power plant workers revealing massive safety violations at multiple plants, marking three of them as beyond repair. As more attorneys joined the team, Government Accountability Project increased its litigation work, setting up our unique capacity to launch both political advocacy for whistleblower protections and legal campaigns. A larger staff allowed us to specialize in key areas for whistleblowers, such as environmental protection , food integrity, nuclear safety and financial oversight. Throughout its history, Government Accountability Project has distinguished itself through its representation of numerous high profile clients. We worked with Edward Snowden, who disclosed systematic cases of abuses of power by the U.S. government, Dr. Aicha Elbasri, who exposed the United Nations’ failure to protect civilians in Darfur, and Phyllis McKelvey, who blew the whistle on dangerous food inspection practices at the United States Department of Agriculture. Throughout our history, Government Accountability Project has stood by the whistleblowers who put their lives and livelihoods on the line in order to serve the greater good. From the pharmaceutical industry to Wall Street, to local and international governments, Government Accountability Project has tirelessly defended and advocated on behalf of those who speak up in the face of injustice.